Brooklyn Driver Charged After Deadly Crash

A Brooklyn man was charged with criminally negligent homicide Sunday after he allegedly crashed his SUV into several parked cars before hitting four pedestrians, including a 9-year-old boy who died at the scene.

Police said the boy, Lucian Merryweather, was struck in Fort Greene around 12:49 p.m. Saturday by a 2000 Ford Expedition driven by Anthony Byrd, 59 years old. After Lucian was struck, he became trapped underneath the vehicle,...